Skip to main content

The Future of Water in African Cities

Page 104

80

MPM, CPT, DUR

MPM, DAK, CPT, DUR

CPT, JHB

NBO

CPT

Mean annual runoff

q10 (flood indicator)a

q90 (drought indicator)b

Basin yield (storage)

Base yield (groundwater)

ABJ, BLZ, MPM, DAK, DUR, JHB

LAD, ADD, DAK, JHB, KRT

CKY, BLZ, MPM, DAK, DUR

ADD

ADD, DAK, JHB

Lower with medium confidence Little agreement among models

LAD, COO, OUA, YAO, DLA, BZV, KIN, LUM, MBU, ADD, ACC, KMS, CKY, NBO, LLW, ABV, IBA, KAN, LOS, KRT, KAM, LUN, HRE

COO, OUA, YAO, BZV, KIN, LUM, MBU, ABJ, ACC, KMS, CKY, BLZ, LLW, MPM, ABV, IBA, KAN, LOS, CPT, DUR, KAM, HRE

LAD, COO, OUA, YAO, DLA, BZV, KIN, LUM, MBU, ABJ, ADD, ACC, KMS, LLW, ABV, IBA, KAN, LOS, KRT, KAM, LUN, HRE

LAD, COO, OUA, YAO, DLA, BZV, KIN, MBU, ABJ, ACC, KMS, CKY, NBO, BLZ, LLW, ABV, IBA, KAN, LOS, JHB, KRT, KAM, LUN, HRE

LAD, COO, OUA, YAO, DLA, BZV, KIN, LUM, MBU, ABJ, ACC, KMS, CKY, NBO, BLZ, LLW, ABV, IBA, KAN, LOS, KRT, KAM, LUN, HRE

DSM

DLA, DSM

NBO, DSM

LUM, DSM

DSM

Higher with medium confidence

LUN

Higher with high confidence

Sources: Data from the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge portal and Strzepek et al., 2011. Note: Lower/higher with high confidence: 17 or more of the 19 climate models (90 percent) for emission scenarios A2 give this result (19 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change AR4 models provide results for the A2 emission scenario). Lower/higher with medium confidence: 13 to 16 of 19 climate models give this result (67 percent). Little agreement among models: between 7 and 12 of 19 climate models give the same sign of change (lower or higher). a q10 is the flow that is exceeded 10 percent of the time. For q10 an increase in the value signifies an increase in the likelihood of a given high flow and therefore an indication of increased flood risk. b q90 is the flow that is exceeded 90 percent of the time. For q90 a decrease in the value signifies an increase in the likelihood of a given low flow and therefore an indication of increased drought risk. City abbreviations: ABJ, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; ABV, Abuja, Nigeria; ACC, Accra, Ghana; ADD, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; BLZ, Blantyre, Malawi; BZV, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; CKY, Conakry, Guinea; COO, Cotonou, Benin; CPT, Cape Town, South Africa; DAK, Dakar, Senegal; DLA, Douala, Cameroon; DSM, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; DUR, Durban, South Africa; HRE, Harare, Zimbabwe; IBA, Ibadan, Nigeria; JHB, Johannesburg, South Africa; KAM, Kampala, Uganda; KAN, Kano, Nigeria; KIN, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; KMS, Kumasi, Ghana; KRT, Khartoum, Sudan; LAD, Luanda, Angola; LLW, Lilongwe, Malawi; LOS, Lagos, Nigeria; LUM, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo; LUN, Lusaka, Zambia; MBU, Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo; MPM, Maputo, Mozambique; NBO, Nairobi, Kenya; OUA, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; YAO, Yaoundé, Cameroon. — = not available.

Lower with high confidence

Hydrology indicator

Table 3.1  Cities, Water, and Climate Change in 2050: An Indicator Approach to Understanding the Risk for 31 Cities


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook